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Offshore winds in Newquay!!!
Aug 19th
Well we are not excactly expecting to surf like this today but we have at last some offshore winds!! This means clean surf!! We’ve had such a run of onshores we’ve forgotten what real lines look like!!
As you probably know the weather affects the surf, and what we hanker after is light or offshore winds and some nice groundswell coming from a weather system far enough away not to ruin the surf! This all sounds a bit geeky, and if you’d like to know more geeky stuff we’ve blogged about surfing and the weather and you can read about it under our ‘general interest surfing’ category.
I’m sure all the Newquay surfers will be out today too so we will hopefully see some friends getting some good waves in the sea later on.
Cold winds and choppy seas in North Cornwall
Aug 14th
It’s tourist season in full swing here in Newquay, and the beaches and roads are jam packed with tourists fighting their way from their campsite to Morrisons to the beach and back again! It’s so bad we try not to drive out and about on a weekend (unless the surf is going off!). All this in the cold northerly winds and cloudy skies! If the surf was pumping none of this would matter, but the surf has not been doing anything! Choppy blown out windswell is not our idea of fun! Not a great summer so far!
Never fear, we are going to a better place! We are off to South West France in September to golden sandy beaches and it’s bound to be bettter weather, cleaner waves and warmer water! Come and join us from £342 a week! See our France surf holiday page for more details.
France Surf Holiday September 9th to 29th
Aug 11th
Now we are getting really desperate!! It’s been weeks of blown out windswell here in cloudy Cornwall! Seems like the worst conditions for surfing for ages! Summer is never very good for surfing conditions, but this is taking the biscuit!!
Never fear though…., you can book a surf holiday with us to sunny South West France (see the above pic of sunset surfing) and have a ball on the French beach breaks. We stay in a lovely campsite minutes from the golden sandy beaches and help you to surf better with tips and coaching advice from our fully qualified surf coaches and tour guides. Read more about it on our France holiday page.
Basking Sharks visit Cornwall
Jun 12th
This time of year we can see all sorts of wildlife whilst we surf, and recently Basking Sharks have been spotted off the North Cornish coast. This amazing footage on YoutTube shows them off our North coast. Gorgeous!
Basking sharks are the largest fish in British waters and can reach lengths of around 10 metres and weigh up to 7 tonnes! Big Boys!!! But do not fear their approaching fin,….they aren’t Jaws at all! They feed on plankton. If you spot one tell the Basking Shark Trust on +44 (0) 1752 672020.
